Joanne O’Connor There I was at Camp Columbus. It was the summer of 1964. Somehow, I had passed the fifth grade and Mom and Dad were sending me to a one-week sleepover camp way out on Owasco Lake. Sunday to Saturday. “It will be fun.” They said, “You’ll make new friends.” “Swimming, hiking, wiffle ball.” … [Read more…]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has welcomed news that security forces on Cyprus had thwarted an apparent Iranian terrorist attack on Israeli targets on the island. Many Israelis holiday on the island, the third largest in the Mediterranean. “The state of Israel is using a wide range of methods everywhere in order to defend Jews … [Read more…]
Hollywood mogul Arnon Milchan has begun his testimony in the corruption trial of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a court session that was broadcast live from an English seaside town direct to Jerusalem. The trial is being held in Jerusalem but Milchan’s testimony was taking place in Brighton, which is close to where the … [Read more…]
This weekend, we take one final look back at June of 1953. What has changed in 70 years? A lot. What hasn’t changed so much? Also a lot. A vaccine against a scary illness — not COVID 19, but Polio — was making headlines, and the public seemed eager to get their hands on a … [Read more…]
A Melbourne man has been arrested after police allegedly found a gun hidden inside a children’s playroom and a stash of drugs in his home. The 32-year-old was arrested when the Australian Federal Police raided his Rowville home in eastern Melbourne on Friday. Police allege the man is a former member of an Outlaw Motorcycle … [Read more…]
A Geraldton stalker with a “telephone fetish” has been jailed for less than five years for sexually harassing multiple women over a nine-year period using payphones and possessing “abhorrent” and “disturbing” child exploitation material. Business owner Christopher Andrew Anderson, 59, was sentenced in Geraldton District Court on Friday after previously pleading guilty to 28 charges, … [Read more…]
• Michael Kenneth Rowley, of 417 East 17th Street, Ashtabula, was arraigned and pleaded not guilty to one count of aggravated possession of drugs, a fifth-degree felony. Bond was continued at $2,500 personal recognizance, and Rowley was given credit for eight days in jail in this case.{div}• Michael Kenneth Rowley, of 1523 West 9th Street, … [Read more…]
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — On a breezy morning at the height of the dry season six months ago, Rifkatu Andruwus and her children were chatting in front of their house in a displacement camp in the heart of Nigeria’s capital. Suddenly, security forces stormed into the camp, followed closely by bulldozers. The family of seven … [Read more…]
A Eubank man has pleaded guilty for his role in a Lincoln County murder, being sentenced to 45 years in jail. Matthew Brinkley Wilson, 35, pleaded guilty earlier this year in the death of Daniel Adams. The 38-year-old Adams was found dead in his residence on Clear Fork Road on November 30, 2020. Although a … [Read more…]
A Eubank man has pleaded guilty for his role in a Lincoln County murder, being sentenced to 45 years in jail. Matthew Brinkley Wilson, 35, pleaded guilty earlier this year in the death of Daniel Adams. The 38-year-old Adams was found dead in his residence on Clear Fork Road on November 30, 2020. Although a … [Read more…]